I had to go to Bed Bath & Beyond to get a new CO2 tank for my home seltzer maker. My favorite invention ever. It comes with the little "machine" itself, a tank of gas and a 1 liter refillable bottle. My parents got it for me last year because I drink so much seltzer and waste so many plastic bottles and haul so much extra weight with every grocery trip that it made sense for me. It costs about the same thing if you work out the price of buying bottles versus refilling the tanks and making it at home... but it's 100% more earth friendly, a lot less carrying weight in the grocery cart and bags, and it's kinda fun. It only takes about 5 seconds to make. You fill the liter bottle with tap water, twist it onto the contraption, press the button three times and voila! A fresh bottle of seltzer. I love it! I loved it from the second I opened the box up until the present. It's a great thing.
So this morning after I fed and dressed the boys, we headed out for 2 new cans of CO2 at Bed Bath & Beyond. While we were there the boys spotted the bubbles bucket that is advertised on tv (and my best friend has for her two girls), and is "unspillable." I had to have it. Few things get me as fired up as a brand new bottle of bubbles getting spilled!!! I love bubbles. I think they're a fun, innocent, and remind me of my own childhood. sooo retro. However..... they're sticky and messy and disgusting. I hate the feeling of spilled bubbles on my hands. HATE it. So this little nugget is perfect for us. I've wanted one for 2 years- ever since I witnessed it's glory in my friend's yard. But until the past few weeks, I wasn't willing to spend the 10 bucks for it. 10$ means a whole lot more when you have nothing.. Bubbles doesn't cut the priority list for the budget.
Today, I bought the bucket. The boys saw about a million things they wanted at bb&b, and so did I. I don't think my kids have ever been in that store, to be honest with you. We've been to the service desk, which is immediately to the right of the entrance, to trade in our tanks, but we've never actually navigated the store. Wow. Temptationpalooza! I haven't allowed myself in a store like that in at least two years. I wanted it all. I mean everything. I wanted. It. All. I took some yoga breaths and saw my way out.
Next, we "had" to go into Christmas Tree Shop. I needed garbage bags, sandwich bags, fabric softener, and a lamb shaped cake mold. Well, they didn't have the lamb. I got the other stuff, plus two spongebob shovels and a bottle of bubble refills. It was torture to not buys a million other things!!! I have avoided these types of stores for the past two years like the plague. I know how tempting things can be. I could find a reason to buy almost anything and everything in that store... but I held back.
It's craaaazy. I haven't gone into these stores for 2 years... because I couldn't. I didn't have a spare $5 to spend on crap. Now, I still don't have "extra" money, but I have some cash in my pocket for the firsts time in years. The feeling is amazing! Walking through a store like Christmas Tree with cash in my pocket, knowing that it's not already tagged for a particular bill is crazy! It took so much strength to keep saying "No" to the boys when they asked for every and anything they saw. They got their bubbles and shovels-- they got their share of the "spoils."
I can get used to this new status. This state of not being broke, literally broke at all times. I like it.
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